Book Delight with Chrissie Wright

In this Reading Raves episode, Chrissie shares 10 standout children's books she read during the month of September.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

• Read Alouds, Ranked on Chrissie's Substack
• Chrissie Writes, No. 21 - Chrissie's free monthly kidlit newsletter

FEATURED TITLES:

Short Chapter Books

• Catwings Return and Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Sarah Ogilvie
• Welcome to the Woofmore by Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran, illustrated by Josh Cleland

Graphic Novels

• Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
• Bunny vs. Monkey: Machine Mayhem by Jamie Smart
• The Unlucky Kid by Bob Holt
• Twig Friends by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood

Middle Grade

• Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai
• Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks, narrated by Jack Black (audiobook)

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In this deep dive episode, Chrissie shares reflections on what it means for kid readers to be brilliant consumers of great art.

Video mentioned in the episode:

• Mac Barnett reel on "La porta segreta," April 11

Featured Book:

• THE SPIDER IN THE WELL by Jess Hannigan

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In this deep dive episode, Chrissie shares 6 ways picture books can give kid readers agency on the page:

1. The Far Side fast forward
2. Words vs. pictures
3. The "I made you blink..."
4. The sound party
5. The "Oh no you didn't..."
6. The love/hate ending

FEATURED TITLES, in the order discussed on the show:

• I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
• The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
• I Do Not Eat Children by Marcus Cutler
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
• Guess Again by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
• Go and Get with Rex by David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka
• Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin and Dan Tavis
• Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monson and Abby Hanlon
• Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer
• I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon
• The Skull by Jon Klassen
• Pepper & Me by Beatrice Alemagna
• Circle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

RESOURCE MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Jon Klassen with Taylor Sterling on Moonbow

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In this Forecast episode, Chrissie shares the ten kidlit books releasing during September 2024 that she is most looking forward to.

FEATURED TITLES:

Picture Books:

• Attack of the Scones by Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney (9/3)
• Barnaby Unboxed by the Fan Brothers (9/3)
• Mr. Fox's Game of No! by David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka  (9/10)

Middle Grade:

• Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Tim Miller (9/3)
• The Sherlock Society by James Ponti (9/3)
• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Halli by Jasmine Warga (9/10)
• Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (9/10)

Graphics:

• Taxi Ghost by Sophe Escabasse (9/3)
• Twig Friends by Andrew McDonald (9/3)
• Uprooted by Ruth Chan (9/10)

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In today's reading raves episode, Chrissie is sharing the kidlit books she read and loved during August 2024.

FEATURED BOOKS

Short Chapter Books

• The Verts by Delphine Durand
• Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin

Middle Grade

• The Swifts by Beth Lincoln

Graphic Novels

• Bunny vs. Monkey: The Impossible Pig by Jamie Smart
• Let's Go, Coco! by Coco Fox
• Nina Peanut by Sarah Bowie
• Save Our Forest! by Nora Dasnes

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In this Library Life episode, Chrissie is sharing 5 small things she's looking forward to trying in her elementary school library this year:

Chrissie's Five Small Things:

1. Weekly routine with the AAC board
2. Weekly routine with the mood meter
3. Hugimals as a universal intervention
4. Markers that don't dry out
5. The 100 Checkout Club

Resources and products mentioned in the episode:

• RULER social-emotional curriculum
• Book: Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
• Hugimals weighted stuffed animals
• Bic Magic Markers

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In this Forecast episode, Chrissie shares the 10 kidlit books releasing during August 2024 that she is most looking forward to.

FEATURED TITLES

Picture Books

• Mas. Menos! by Rhode Montijo (8/6)
• The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston (8/6)
• Pizza for Birds by Bob Shea (8/13)
• The Great Expedition by Peter Carnavas (8/20)
  • Review by Mac Barnett in the NYT
• The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker and Matthew Cordell (8/20)
• Makers by Young Vo (8/27)

Graphics

• An Unlikely Pair by Bob Scott and Vicki Scott (8/6)
• Let's Go Coco: A (Sorta) True Story by Coco Fox (8/13)
• The Legend of Tiger and Tail-Flower by Lee Gee Eun, translated by Aerin Park (8/13)

Middle Grade

• Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai (8/13)

Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie, and subscribe to Chrissie's kidlit newsletter at librarychrissie.substack.com.

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In this Reading Raves episode, Chrissie shares her favorite kidlit she read during July 2024.

FEATURED TITLES
Short Chapter Books

• Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner

Middle Grade

• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
• They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt and Mike Lowery
• Vanished! and Trapped! by James Ponti

Adult Nonfiction (that kids might like too if they've watched the PBS adaptation of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL)

• The Wonderful World of James Heriot by James Heriot et. al (audio)

Graphic Novels

• Slice of Mallow, Vol. 1 by Adam Foreman
• Jurassic Jeff: Space Invader by Royden Lepp
• Bunny vs. Monkey: Supersonic Aye-Aye and Bunny vs. Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger by Jamie Smart

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On today's Deep Dive, Chrissie is answering one of the questions she is most frequently asked: what makes a picture book "work?"

In the episode, she describes a picture book matrix measuring axes of how didactic a book is and how much agency it gives the kid reader.

To view a graphic of the matrix, visit Chrissie's Instagram page @librarychrissie.

To get a deeper look at the matrix with lots of examples, sign up to become a paid subscriber on Chrissie's Substack and look for this Friday's post.

Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie, and subscribe to Chrissie's kidlit newsletter at librarychrissie.substack.com.

If you want to support the show, please consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack. For $7/month, you are helping to pay the costs of the show and receive exclusive content like extra booklists, roundups of kidlit books that have received starred reviews, reviews of books Chrissie did not like, and more.

In this Booklist episode, Chrissie shares her 10 favorite read alouds from the library last school year.

**NOTE: There are audio quality issues with this episode. Chrissie needs a new microphone, but she wasn't aware of the issue with this recording until after it was finished. Thank you for your understanding!

FEATURED TITLES

• Chez Bob by Bob Shea
• Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang
• Duel by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
• Guess Again! by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
• Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
• Si. No! by Rhode Montijo
• Ten-Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coelho
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr
• The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan

Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie, and subscribe to Chrissie's kidlit newsletter at librarychrissie.substack.com.

If you want to support the show, please consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack. For $7/month, you are helping to pay the costs of the show and receive exclusive content like extra booklists, roundups of kidlit books that have received starred reviews, reviews of books Chrissie did not like, and more.